Bolster-iron for wagons.



R. WILLIAMS. 9 BOLSTER IRON FUR WAGONS.

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1,209,92 1. Patented Dec. 26.1916.

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a" TED era JAMES R. WILLIAMS, OF SCIPIO, OKLAHOMA.

BOLSTER-IRON FOR VVAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Application filed. July 3, 1915. Serial No. 37,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James R. VVILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scipio, in the county of Pittsburg and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolster-Irons for l Vagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

One object of this invention is to improve the general construction of bolster iron so as to relieve the king bolt from strain; also to prevent slipping of the sand-board and the axle.

Another object is to provide a bolster iron which will be securely held in position and prevented from becoming accidentally disconnected from the bolster and the sandboard.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bolster that will admit of he above objects being carried out, and which can be manufactured cheaply and expeditiously applied to a wagon.

.Vith the above and other objects in view, as will more fully appear from that em bodiment of my invention of which the fol lowing is a specification, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the bolster, sandboard and axle operatively connected to each other and showing the improved bolster iron applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of that portion of the iron which is attached to the sand-board. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of another portion of the bolster iron which is to be attached to the bolster.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, the numeral 1 designates a wagon bolster of ordinary construction, 2 the front axle for the wagon, 3 the sand-board interposed between the axle and the bolster, 4t and 5 the wagon hounds connected to the wagon in the ordinary manner.'

The bolster 1 and the sand-board 3 have interposed therebetween a pair of circular companion plates 6 and 7, the plate 6 being adapted to be positioned upon the upper side of the sand-board 3, and having a pair of attaching arms 8 and 9 located at diametrically opposite points, and which, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, overlie the upper surface of the sand-board and are secured thereto by means of fasteners 10. The fasteners include U-shaped bands which engage over the arms 8 and 9 and engage in recesses 11 formed on the opposite longitudinal edges of the arms 8 and 9 and adjacent the opposite ends of the said arms, the said lJ-shaped bands having their free ends provided with threaded shanks 12 positioned through openings in cleats 13, extending transversely of the lower side of the axle, and are secured to the cleats by means of the nuts 1 1. The plate 6 has a pair of arcuate slots 15 and 16 formed therein, the said slots being spaced from each other by means of a diametrically extending bar 17, which is arranged in the same plane as the armsS and 9, and which is medially provided with a pair of laterally curved extensions 18 and 19 and an opening 20. The bar 17 has its opposite longitudinal edges provided with a pair of depending flanges 21 and 22, which are adapted, respectively, to fit in recesses 23 and 24, formed in the opposite sides of the sand-board 3 and adjacent the upper edges thereof, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

The circular plate 7 is designed to be positioned on the lower side of the bolster 1 and to be superposed on the plate 6. The plate 7 is of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the plate 6 and is provided with a pair of attaching arms 25 and 26, which are arranged at diametrically opposite points on the plate 7 and are provided with upstanding spurs 27 and 28, adapted to engage the bolster, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to provide retaining means for the plate 7, the arms being also provided with openings 29 and 30 for the reception of screws, or the like, fastened, so as to provide additional fastening means for the plate 7. The plate 7 has formed therein arcuate recesses or openings 31 and 32, which are adapted to register with the recesses 15 and 16 in the plate 6, and the said recesses are spaced from each other by means of a diametrically extending bar 33, which lies in the same horizontal plane as the arms 25 and 26 and is medially provided with curved lateral extensions 3a and 35 and an opening 36, the said opening 36 being adapted to register with the opening 20 in the bar 17, for the reception of a king bolt 37, which passes through bolster 1, through the respective openings 20 and 36, in the plates 6 and 7 and through the sandboard and has its lower end held within the axle 2, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The plate 7 is provided at opposite points, and at the edges thereof with a pair of depending circular flanges 38 and 39. These flanges engage over the curved edges of the plate 6 and rotatably receive the plate 6 therebetween, and prevent relative lateral movement of the plates 6 and 7, but permit of the free rotation of the plate 6, when the front axle is turned.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

The combination with a bolster and the sand-board of a Wagon, of a plate mounted on the upper side of the sand board, a second and circular plate carried'by the under side of the bolster and overlying the first-mentioned plate and provided with recesses, a bar extending diametrically of the second mentioned plate, lateral extensions carried 7 by the bar and extending into the recesses in the second-mentioned plate, the said bar having an opening therein located between the extensions, means depending from the second-mentioned plate and engaging over JAMES WILLIAMS.

WVitnesses I A. C. MARKLEY, P. D. BUSBY.

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